Description: From the author of The Hole and The Factory, a collection of strange and wonderful tales of humans, animals, and plants
Brief description: Born in Hiroshima in 1983, Hiroko Oyamada won the Shincho Prize for New Writers for The Factory, which was drawn from her experiences working as a temp for an automaker's subsidiary. Her novel The Hole won Akutagawa Prize.
Review Quotes: "Surreal and mesmerizing."--Hilary Leichter "The New York Times"